Twins and the country singers are lost and last. They find their next clue in the last place they look. Haha. Dave & Connor choose the same capsule as the cowboys while Mark & Mallpey did their next clue by guessing. Mark & Mallory arguing where the stadium is.

Roadblock: Perform 5 highwire flips. They have to get up 300ft or something before doing the flips in the air.

The outfits are interesting, lol. Brenchel arrive.

Cord doesn't like heights. An elevator-type thing takes him up in the air. Cord is attached to some wires and now he's just hanging in the air. Now he starts doing the flips. He finishes the flips... This roadblock is really easy?

Brendon is doing the roadblock. He and Cord high-five as they run past each other.

Jet & Cord finish the roadblock in 1st. Pit stop: Guangzhou Opera House. The last team to arrive will be eliminated.

Margie & Luke are at the roadblock. Margie doesn't like heights, but she's doing the roadblock. Margie does the flips and once she's done, she immediately asks to be taken down. She's 4th. Afghanimals are at the roadblock at the same time. They finish in 5th.

When did Dave & Connor do the roadblock, lol. They arrive at the pit stop as team #3. Margie & Luke are team #4. Leo & Jamal are team #5.

Natalie & Nadiya and Joey & Meghan are still at Canton Tower. They're arguing about whether to go in and try or wait for one they know for sure has a clue... And they miss a car. They are a hot mess right now.

Joey & Meghan arrive at the roadblock. Joey takes the roadblock. Natalie & Nadiya arrive at the roadblock. They argue a little bit about who is going to do the roadblock. Joey & Meghan leave. Joey & Meghan arrive at the pit stop. They are team #10. Natalie or Nadiya or whoever does the flips with a wedgie. They talk about their disasterous day.

Natalie & Nadiya are the last team to arrive... They are eliminated. They talk about how they couldn't work well together.

To me the premiere was very underwhelming. I felt like the ending roadblock was rushed and I wasn't too big of a fan of the tasks, especially the semi-luck Canton tower task where luck played a factor to the race. I also thought the roadblock didn't have much to it as it seemed like everyone did it on their first try. The wedding dress task was the best part of the leg for me because I love the language barrier tasks. Everything else was okay, the tasks and the cast.

LEG 1 (United States --> China) Episode Analysis:To be honest, I admired the difficulty in the first part of this Leg in Guangzhou; on the other hand, the Roadblock is kind of pointless as it didn't change any team distances apart. I wish they featured more tasks since I feel like the routers cut the Leg shorter than the HD usual. Transitioning to the teams, I am still unimpressed with the casting since most of them went back to their old ways like Ronald, some worse than before.

Let's break down the additional tasks first. Claiming this is the most challenging race ever was a huge mistake on the producers' part. I felt that searching for a clue-stocked bridal shop was a pretty good start as it defied the generic TAR tasks from the past few seasons. The even number capsule "twist" had a level of difficulty that was underutilized. If they put real clues in only 3-4 of the capsules, then I would have loved the outbreaks of drama even more. Natalie & Nadiya were simply overreacting and I was relived they were the ones who received the Philimination.ADD. TASKS SCORE: 8/10

ROADBLOCK: The task of doing somersaults in midair was pretty easy despite the heights factor (since almost every team this season has dealt with a heights task in their original or UB season).SCORE: 5/10